This is why I'm personally more interested in how religions and other communities can "thicken" social ties than I am at looking for ways these communities can tell the rest of the world what they think.

The River Café Classic Cookbook admits using butter in a vongole is unorthodox – but harnessing its emulsifying properties to thicken the sauce is a tip Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray say they picked up from a seaside restaurant just outside Rome, and it's a good one.